 Catch all the action from Round 4, Morgan Park on SBS Speedweek All of the action from Round 4 of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia presented by Mission Foods held at Morgan Park Raceway will be broadcasted this Sunday on SBS Speedweek TIME: The new time of 12:30pm... Latest News | 20 August 2010 Readmore |
THE FIRST ROUND of the 2010 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Series presented by Mission Foods did not end well for Matt Kingsley. The defending champion ended the race at Bathurst in February this year with a bent car and zero points, after a substantial start-line crash with Sven... Latest News | 16 August 2010 Readmore |
Local Knowledge has proven to be a big commodity at Morgan Park Raceway in Queensland as local drivers filled four of the first six places in today’s opening Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Series presented by Mission Foods race. Southport (Gold Coast) ace Matt Kinglsey continued his winning ways... Latest News | 14 August 2010 Readmore |
 NATIONALS NEWS 4 August 2010 FIELD SET FOR MORGAN PARK SHANNONS NATIONALS Ben Barker will continue his charge in the Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship To download high-res image, click here. (Photo- Nathan Wong, speedshots.com.au) Darren Hossack will be taking on double duties in the Sports Sedans & Superkarts... Latest News | 5 August 2010 Readmore |
 Photo: Roger Lago finished second at Mallala in one of the series most competitive weekends yet. Image: Nathan Wong / GT3 Cup Challenge Pic Photo: Series leader Matt Kingsley will be the target at Morgan Park as a strong field lines up for... Latest News | 4 August 2010 Readmore |
NATIONALS NEWS 26 July 2010 SHANNONS NATIONALS DEBUT ‘NEW’ WARWICK TRACK Terry Knight behind the wheel of his Porsche GT3 Cup Car To download high-res image, click here. (Photo- Nathan Wong speedshots.com.au) The new Morgan Park Raceway extensions will be ready for action To download high-res image, click here.... Latest News | 26 July 2010 Readmore |
MEDIA RELEASE - For immediate Release - Sunday May 30th 2010 CLASSIC RACING ON SHOW AT MALLALA AS KINGSLEY WINS AGAIN Photo: Roger Lago finished second at Mallala in one of the series most competitive weekends yet. Image: Nathan Wong / GT3 Cup Challenge... Latest News | 30 May 2010 Readmore |
 MEDIA RELEASE - For immediate Release - Saturday May 29th 2010 KINGSLEY FORCED TO WORK FOR SATURDAY MALLALA WIN Photo: The pack heads into turn five at Mallala, with Jon Trende leading Image: Nathan Wong / GT3 Cup Challenge Pic Photo: Matt Kingsley en route... Latest News | 29 May 2010 Readmore |
 MALLALA JUST LIKE HOME FOR PORSCHE GT3 CUP CHALLENGE Photo: Series newcomer John Goodacre in action today at Mallala. Image: Nathan Wong / GT3 Cup Challenge Pic - Click to download hi res image. GIVEN IT HAS BEEN IN at least semi-continuous operation... Latest News | 29 May 2010 Readmore |
THERE IS AN OLD SAYING that states ‘There’s no place like home’. If that is the case, a group of four Adelaide drivers are set for a great weekend when the third round of the 2010 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia presented by Mission Foods hits Mallala Raceway in... Latest News | 18 May 2010 Readmore |
 NATIONALS NEWS 17 May 2010 South Australian Chris Smerdon To download high-res image, click here. Gary Dann will be one to watch in the GT3 Cup Challenge To download high-res image, click here. The Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series makes its mainland debut for 2010 at the fourth... Latest News | 18 May 2010 Readmore |
 SYMMONS PLAINS CLEAN SWEEP SENDS KINGSLEY TO THE TOP Photo: Matt Kingsley dominated at Symmons Plains Raceway to jump to the lead of the series standings. Image: Nathan Wong / GT3 Cup Challenge Photo: Yuey Tan finished sixth, with his two-car McElrea... Latest News | 11 April 2010 Readmore |
 Photo: The field gets underway at Symmons Plains today. Photo: Jeff Bobik and Sven Burchartz had a big dice for second place for most of today's 18 lap race. PORSCHE GT3 CUP CHALLENGE Australia presented by Mission Foods series' drivers hopeful of wrestling the... Latest News | 10 April 2010 Readmore |
 INTERNATIONAL INVASION SET FOR SYMMONS PLAINS Yuey Tan testing in Malaysia Yuey Tan Ready for Action The Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships will have a decidedly international flavour when round two of the series hits Tasmania’s Symmons Plains Raceway on April 10-11. Drivers from as far afield as Holland,... Latest News | 26 March 2010 Readmore |
 Photo: Rodney Forbes (seen leading) leads the field in the one and only GT3 Cup Challenge race held today. Image: Nathan Wong / GT3 Cup Challenge Pic. A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR has cut the first round of the 2010 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series presented... Latest News | 14 February 2010 Readmore |
 Photo: Rodney Forbes raced to pole in the GT3 Cup Challenge - using real pace yet a bit of luck with the weather. Image: Nathan Wong / GT3 Cup Challenge Pic - Click to download hi res image. RODNEY FORBES was the beneficiary of some typically unpredictable... Latest News | 12 February 2010 Readmore |
 Photo: Mission Foods will become the Presenting Partner of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Series for the next three years. Image: Click to download. Low-res only, hi-res available on request. THE PORSCHE GT3 CUP CHALLENGE AUSTRALIA SERIES is today proud to announce a new partnership with Mission Foods,... Latest News | 22 January 2010 Readmore |
 Photo:The start of the 2009 season at Bathurst 12 months ago. An equally large and competitive field will line up in 2010. Photo: Jeff Bobik, the final round winner in 2009, will upgrade to a new car for the first round in 2010. PORSCHE GT3 CUP CHALLENGE... Latest News | 14 January 2010 Readmore |
 Photo: Mark Krashos won all three races at Sandown Raceway. Photo: Jeff Bobik was in stunning form at Sandown and won the round, his second career round win. Photo: Matt Kingsley - 2009 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Series Winner THE PORSCHE GT3 CUP CHALLENGE Australia Series... Latest News | 1 December 2009 Readmore |
KRASHOS FLIES, KLASAN POLES AT SANDOWN Photo: Mark Krashos led the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge field today at Sandown Image: by Dirk Klynsmith / GT3 Cup Challenge MARK KRASHOS used a strong start and some turn one excitement to his advantage during today’s first race in the final... Latest News | 28 November 2009 Readmore |
 NATIONALS NEWS 25 November 2009 SHANNONS NATIONALS SEASON FINALE TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ONLINE In a first for the Shannons Nationals, the ninth round of the 2009 series at Sandown Raceway this weekend will be broadcast live around the world via the internet. The Shannons Nationals has engaged the... Latest News | 25 November 2009 Readmore |
 MATT KINGSLEY SVEN BURCHARTZ The ‘Man who would be King’ is that in both stature and name. He’s Matt Kingsley, a young Gold Coast based star with a fairytale story of his own; after bouncing back from a horrendous shunt at the Clipsal 500 18 months ago in... Latest News | 24 November 2009 Readmore |
 Photo: Shane Smollen will head to Sandown well and truly in form after winning at Oran Park at the weekend. Image: by Dirk Klynsmith / GT3 Cup Challenge ; Click for hi-res Media download. Photo: McDonald's backed driver Terry Knight teamed up with series leader Matt Kingsley at... Latest News | 11 November 2009 Readmore |
 The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge continues to grow Roger Lago has wrapped up the 2009 997 Trophy Class Mark Krashos leads fellow 997 Trophy Class driver Bob Thorn at Morgan Park A trio of Melbourne drivers will join the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge for November’s Shannons Nationals season finale... Latest News | 24 September 2009 Readmore |
 Photo: Eastern Creek, the scene of amazing racing this year, moves to September in 2010. Image: by Dirk Klynsmith / GT3 Cup Challenge ; Click for hi-res Media download. Photo: Morgan Park will again host a round of the GT3 Cup Challenge after a hugely successful debut in 2009.... Latest News | 21 September 2009 Readmore |
 NATIONALS NEWS 2 September 2009 SHANNONS NATIONALS ANNOUNCES 2010 CALENDAR AND NEW MAJOR EVENT Shannons Nationals Eastern Creek Raceway will host the new Australian 6 Hour for production cars The Shannons Nationals and Formula 3 SuperPrix will return to Tasmania's Symmons Plains The Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships has... Latest News | 3 September 2009 Readmore |
 MATT KINGSLEY has ensured that the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Series status quo was maintained at Warwick’s Morgan Park Raceway, after a competitive weekend of racing saw him extend his already substantial series lead with one round to go. The Action Tyres & More Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Car... Latest News | 9 August 2009 Readmore |
 GOLD COASTER MATT KINGSLEY has taken the first ever Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Series race at Warwick’s Morgan Park raceway as locals dominated the lap charts today. Kingsley, the series leader and winner of the past three straight rounds, topped qualifying by setting the fastest ever lap for a... Latest News | 8 August 2009 Readmore |
 THE FIRST EVER visit by a National level race series to Warwick’s Morgan Park Raceway has kicked off in style and under Queensland sun today. Round five of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Series will be contested at the 2.2km circuit just five minutes outside of the town... Latest News | 7 August 2009 Readmore |
 NATIONALS NEWS 30 July 2009 COMEBACK KINGSLEY EYEING PORSCHE FOUR-PEAT AT MORGAN PARK Gold Coast driver Matt Kingsley leads the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Kingsley returned to motorsport in 2009, after a serious injury last year Gold Coast driver Matt Kingsley will head to Morgan Park Raceway for Round... Latest News | 30 July 2009 Readmore |
 AFTER taking the chequered flag in two-thirds of the races held so far on interstate race tracks, you can understand why the Queensland-based competitors in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series are salivating at the opportunity to perform on their home track at Morgan Park. After all, representatives from... Latest News | 30 July 2009 Readmore |
NATIONALS NEWS 23 July 2009 SHANNONS NATIONALS HEADS TO MORGAN PARK Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australian Manufacturers Championship Australian Saloon Car Series The Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships will bring national level motorsport to Warwick’s Morgan Park Raceway for the very first time on 8-9 August. Next month’s event... Latest News | 23 July 2009 Readmore |
 SHAUN JUNIPER and overall series points leader Matthew Kingsley have shared the spoils in an abbreviated round of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series completed today at Eastern Creek Raceway. Only one race was held today at the Sydney track after a turn two, lap one crash eliminated... Latest News | 19 July 2009 Readmore |
 THE PORSCHE GT3 Cup Challenge has proved just how much action one race can provide in just three laps of green-flag running today at Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway. Championship leader Mat Kingsley stalled at the start of this afternoons 10-lap encounter, dropping to the back of the field and... Latest News | 18 July 2009 Readmore |
 THE PORSCHE GT3 CUP CHALLENGE Australia Series will make its racing debut at Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway next week (July 17 - 19) with the points battle finely balanced at the front of the field. A competitive 19-car Porsche Pack will head to the Western-Sydney circuit as Queenslander... Latest News | 8 July 2009 Readmore |
 NATIONALS NEWS June 2009 WATCH THE SHANNONS NATIONALS ONLINE! The new Speedweek website, www.speedweek.com.au Racing from the 2009 Shannons Nationals can now be viewed online, through SBS’ brand new Speedweek website! Full episodes of Speedweek, which features the Shannons Nationals, can be viewed on demand at www.speedweek.com.au in the... Latest News | 24 June 2009 Readmore |
 MATTHEW KINGSLEY has returned to Adelaide in winning fashion after taking out round three of the 2009 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge held at Mallala this weekend. In another unpredictable and eventful round, the Action Tyres & More supported 996 GT3 Cup driver took a maximum points haul from his second... Latest News | 8 June 2009 Readmore |
 MARK KRASHOS’ trip to his northern-suburbs home in Adelaide will be a happy one tonight after the Prospect pharmacist took out race one of round three of the 2009 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge series, being held at Mallala this weekend. After setting a stunning time for pole position earlier in... Latest News | 6 June 2009 Readmore |
 IT’S NOT CHRISTMAS, but there is a definite feeling of giving in this years’ Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Series.Whilst Motorsport is often seen as an expensive, resource and dollar-hungry sport the GT3 Cup Challenge and its competitors have gone some way to dispelling this theory with an amazing flood... Latest News | 4 June 2009 Readmore |
 A NORTH-ADELAIDE pharmacist will aim to lead the charge of the local drivers when the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge heads to South Australia’s Mallala raceway next weekend.Prospect’s Mark Krashos is in just his second season of national-level racing and, in just his third ever race meeting, qualified second and finished... Latest News | 2 June 2009 Readmore |
 THIS TIME LAST YEAR Matt Kingsley was recovering from injuries sustained in a massive V8 Ute crash at the Clipsal 500.One year later the Queensland driver has completed perhaps the most crushing weekend in the history of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge series after an emphatic performance at the Phillip... Latest News | 19 May 2009 Readmore |
 SHAUN JUNIPER now has a strike rate enviable of every other driver in world motorsport: 100%.In his one and only race so far in the 2009 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Juniper’s score looks like this: one start, one win. The Gold Coast property developer took his 997 Trophy car to... Latest News | 16 May 2009 Readmore |
 With everything from a pair of 1958 classics to the latest racing machines, over 70 Porsches will hit Victoria’s Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit this weekend, in Round Three of the Shannons Nationals.From Australian motorsport legend Jim Richards to Melbourne young gun Kane Rose, the German machines will be raced... Latest News | 13 May 2009 Readmore |
 FOR PORSCHE LOVERS, Round three of the 2009 Shannons Nationals is looking a lot like nirvana.To be held at Phillip Island on May 16 – 17, the event will feature a talent-packed grid of 25 cars from the ever-growing Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series that will contest its second... Latest News | 3 May 2009 Readmore |
 COMPETITORS AND PERSONELL from the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series really loved the beast. And whilst some do show strong affection for their Porsches, we’re talking about the brand-new Eric Bana film Love the Beast, of which a “Word of Mouth” advance screening was held at Bathurst Cinema’s during... Latest News | 8 April 2009 Readmore |
 A COMPLETE PERFORMANCE from Tony Quinn has seen the Team VIP Petfoods driver fly to the outright lead of the GT3 Cup challenge Australia series after round one at Mount Panorama, this weekend.After taking out pole position and race one on Friday, Quinn took out both races held at the... Latest News | 21 February 2009 Readmore |
 TONY QUINN gave up full-time Porsche racing just a few seasons ago – but it didn''t take long for that winning feeling to come back on his return.The Queenslander took out race one of the 2009 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Series at Mount Panorama today after earlier taking a... Latest News | 21 February 2009 Readmore |
 Question: What does an Amazon Jungle geologist, a LeMans class winning car, a Red-hot livery made famous by a Frenchman in US Champ / IndyCar racing and a 17-year-old youngster have in common?Answer: You can find them all in the first round of the 2009 Porsche GT3 Cup challenge Australia... Latest News | 20 February 2009 Readmore |
 Following the announcement last Thursday of the cancellation of the 2009 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship, Type-997 GT3 Cup Cars will instantly become eligible for the 2009 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series.Following a meeting between CAMS and GT3 Cup Challenge officials in Melbourne yesterday, the series has revised eligibility... Latest News | 11 February 2009 Readmore |
 THE LARGEST ALL-PORSCHE grid to take to an Australian racetrack in more than ten years will make up the opening round of the 2009 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia at Mount Panorama later this month.47 cars – made up of a competitive mix of stunning Porsche models – have entered... Latest News | 10 February 2009 Readmore |
 MORGAN PARK ADDED TO GT3 CUP CHALLENGE SCHEDULE ASINTERSTATE RIVALRIES GROW.QUEENSLAND''S MORGAN PARK RACEWAY, near Warwick, will host its inaugural round of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia in 2009 following a change in the Shannons Nationals Calendar announced recently.The previously scheduled Shannons Nationals round at Queensland Raceway will move... Latest News | 27 January 2009 Readmore |
 FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL tender process, Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge organizers are pleased to confirm that Michelin will return as the series official control tyre supplier for the 2009 racing season.Michelin supplied tyres to Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge competitors during 2008 and will return in an expanded role as a sponsor... Latest News | 13 January 2009 Readmore |
 TWO ICONIC BRANDS will join forces in 2009 with Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge series organisers today pleased to announce that McDonald’s will become a major sponsor for the forthcoming season.The new relationship will see the famous McDonald’s logo assume a highly visible presence within the ever-growing Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge... Latest News | 13 January 2009 Readmore |
 RAPIDLY GROWING one-stop motorsport shop Racer Industries will join the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia in 2009 as the preferred supplier of racing gear and parts.In the new relationship announced today, Racer Industries will appear at each round of the 2009 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge series and will provide a... Latest News | 12 January 2009 Readmore |
 AFTER A SUCCESSFULL ‘ROOKIE’ season, the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia has rapidly gathered support for 2009 with series organisers today confirming that at least eleven drivers have already committed to contest next year’s six-round series.2008 regulars Terry Knight, Brad Rankin, Ray Angus, Graham Gorman, Ryan Flynn and inaugural series... Latest News | 14 November 2008 Readmore |
 After a fantastic inaugural season featuring large grids and plenty of close racing, the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge series has quickly firmed plans for year two by confirming its 2009 calendar with the Shannons Nationals.The expanded 2009 calendar will take in six rounds in four states featuring some of Australia’s... Latest News | 7 October 2008 Readmore |
 SVEN BURCHARTZ wrapped up the inaugural Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge title with a trio of emphatic victories at Symmons Plains Raceway last weekend – but behind him a massive dice was raging for the minor positions on the series’ outright podium.The Victorian driver, behind the wheel of his #90 M... Latest News | 23 September 2008 Readmore |
 Creative Colour 996 GT3 Cup driver Jeff Bobik has, in his own words, ‘done a Bradbury’ to win the third round of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge series held this weekend at Sydney’s Oran Park.The affable Victorian driver had been set for a strong podium finish this weekend after two... Latest News | 31 August 2008 Readmore |
 Contenders fighting for the overall titles in the Porsche 944 Challenge and GT3 Cup challenge series’ have locked out qualifying today as a plethora of Porsche took to Oran Park Raceway in Sydney.A track-sharing arrangement between the GT3 Cup Challenge presented by Porsche Insurance and the Victorian-based Porsche 944 Challenge... Latest News | 31 August 2008 Readmore |
 A gathering of Series teams, drivers and officials on the Friday night of last weekends’ round featured an auction of a hotlap with Jim Richards at the 2008 Sprint Bathurst event to be held this December at the fabled Mount.The auction held plenty of interest amongst Series competitors given the... Latest News | 18 August 2008 Readmore |
 TAKING UP the offer of a last minute deal to drive has proved to be a sound choice for Bill Pye after the New South Welshman won the second round of the 2008 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge presented by Porsche Insurance at Phillip Island.Pye brokered a deal with John Good... Latest News | 11 August 2008 Readmore |
 "One of our competitors, Graham Cook has unfortunately had some parts for his race car stolen last night in Toorak in Melbourne. The police have been informed but if you could spread the word and be on the lookout for anyone that may be trying to move Porsche parts for... Latest News | 7 August 2008 Readmore |
 Well-known Porsche racing identity Peter Fitzgerald is just one stand-out name amongst many strong contenders entered to race at Phillip Island for the second round of the 2008 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge presented by Porsche Insurance.’Fitzy’ is amongst a huge 24-car entry list for the second round of the series... Latest News | 5 August 2008 Readmore |
 Warrandyte resident and veteran racer Peter Fitzgerald will next week race at the Shannon’s Nationals at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit making his second appearance in 8 months despite seemingly retiring but not telling anyone and also joking that he is 93 not out.Fitzgerald 59 will be testing himself against... Latest News | 30 July 2008 Readmore |
 Young Cowes identity Steve Courtis is to take up the Porsche GT3 Challenge Cup in his Porsche 944 Challenge Sports Car. Whilst he will not be able to match the pace of the purebred Porsche GT3 racers he will certainly gain valuable experience for Porsche 944 Challenge events later in... Latest News | 30 July 2008 Readmore |
 Melbourne sports car enthusiasts will get two for the price of one when the Shannons Nationals heads to Phillip Island on 9-10 August, with two multi-million dollar fields of European thoroughbreds on the program.In one of the biggest gatherings of sports cars in Australia this year, over 45 competitors are... Latest News | 26 July 2008 Readmore |
 Young Glen Waverley mechanic and racer Kane Rose will next month at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit make the transition from leading state level competitor to testing himself against some of the best in the nations newest Porsche Series, the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge.Rose who has progressed through Sprint Karts,... Latest News | 21 July 2008 Readmore |
 Porsche Insurance, a division of Porsche Financial Services Australia, is the new Naming Rights sponsor of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia.The announcement was made today ahead of Round 2 of the Series to be held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on August 9 & 10 by Porsche... Latest News | 14 July 2008 Readmore |
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